DLSA

.Delhi Legal Services Authority has taken a lead and has set-up permanent and continuous Lok Adalat in Government Departments and Statutory Bodies in Delhi. The insurances Companies have provided space and other infrastructure to the Authority for setting up permanent and continuous Lok Adalat to handle MACT cases. In all 7 MACT permanent Lok Adalat have been functioning regularly and 1112 number of cases have been settled in these Lok Adalats. Amount to the tune of Rs. 22,51,90,326/- has been awarded to the victims of accident and/or their families.

The Authority has also set up 9 other permanent Lok Adalat in Government bodies/departments at the following addresses.

1. B.S.E.S and NDPL (2 Permanent Lok Adalat, 4 Presiding Judges) Opp. Aiwan- e-Ghalib, Mata Sundri Lane, Near Mata Sunderi College, Delhi-110002..

2. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (1 Permanent Lok Adalat) at Eastern Court, Janpath/ not regular time to time.

3. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (1 Permanent Lok Adalat) at Property Tax Building, Ring Road Lajpat Nagar/ not regular/ time to time.

4. Delhi Development Authority (1 Functioning Lok Adalats) at Vikas Sadan, INA, New Delhi.

5. New Delhi Municipal Council (1 Permanent Lok Adalat)/ not regular/ time to time.

These permanent Lok Adalat have got a tremendous response from the public and have become extremely popular.

Government has approved the constitution of four Permanent Lok Adalat and will be made functional shortly.

The Authority gives advertisements in leading daily newspapers regularly with regards to the holding of Lok Adalat and requesting the general public for filing their pending cases as well as pre-litigative matters for settlement in these permanent and Continuous Lok Adalats.

Delhi Legal Services Authority organizes special Lok Adalat to deal with matrimonial and family disputes also.It has been the priority of this Authority to settle the disputes between the parties particularly in matrimonial and family matters at pre-litigative stage itself. Considering the huge backlog of the cases in the courts, it is the endeavour of the Authority to minimize the litigation so as to lessen the burden of the courts and also to save the time and money of the parties involved. On receipt of a particular complaint, notice is sent to the opposite party and then efforts are made to make the parties sit across the table and bring them to a mutually acceptable settlement. It is heartening to note that more than 50 per cent cases are settled at pre-litigative stage itself.

The Lok Adalat of MACT / JRY Cases were organized in all 4 Court Complexes time to time and the Cases of all the Insurance Companies were taken up in these Lok Adalats.
In these Lok Adalats of MACT/ JRY total 2222 Cases have been settled and in these Lok Adalats an amount to the tune of Rs. 30,09,01,828/- has been awarded to the victims of accident and/or for their families.

As a new initiative by this Authority, Lok Adalat of Civil Matters was started w.e.f. 27.04.2008. As per the disposal report total 10 sittings have been held till 20.07.2008 in Tis Hazari Courts and Karkardooma Courts in which 463 cases were listed, 437 cases were taken up and 88 cases were disposed off.

The Lok Adalat of Rent Cases was started w.e.f. 02.03.2008. The disposal report speaks that total 07 sittings were held in Tis Hazari Courts, Karkardooma and Rohini Courts upto 20.07.2008, out of the listed cases i.e. 203, 202 cases were taken up and 149 cases were disposed off.